Hi Everyone,
Just logged onto the Quattro forum a minute ago and noticed you guys and gals are wondering why some silver nickels read higher, I wrote a thread a couple of years ago on this subject and recently replied to Ricks thread on another forum, after digging so many silver nickels I noticed most if not all would read different several allot higher than others. Had a couple of good responses from others one claiming maybe some of the silver nickels had more silver content that the others. His theory made sense but that couldn't be the case because of the high standard used making sure the proper percentage of alloy's were used, the war-time nickel composed of copper (56%), silver (35%) and manganese (9%).
My theory is the manganese broke down because of the harsh ground conditions and depending on the area some of these silver nickels will read higher than others, No other coin used manganese as an alloy except the war-time nickel and due to the war the alloy "nickel" was a critical war material.
Recently, Dug my highest signal with a war-time nickel, It came in at 28 digital with the Explorer, If scanned with the Quattro it would read high as a dime and from testing with my Whites 6000 Di-Pro it reads as a penny/dime signal. The Nickel is a 1945, it doesn't matter what year they are because it's the harsh ground conditions "cold, rain, etc?" which causes a chemical reaction to the war-time nickel to break down the manganese alloy. That's my theory at least
HH, Paul (Ca)
Just logged onto the Quattro forum a minute ago and noticed you guys and gals are wondering why some silver nickels read higher, I wrote a thread a couple of years ago on this subject and recently replied to Ricks thread on another forum, after digging so many silver nickels I noticed most if not all would read different several allot higher than others. Had a couple of good responses from others one claiming maybe some of the silver nickels had more silver content that the others. His theory made sense but that couldn't be the case because of the high standard used making sure the proper percentage of alloy's were used, the war-time nickel composed of copper (56%), silver (35%) and manganese (9%).
My theory is the manganese broke down because of the harsh ground conditions and depending on the area some of these silver nickels will read higher than others, No other coin used manganese as an alloy except the war-time nickel and due to the war the alloy "nickel" was a critical war material.
Recently, Dug my highest signal with a war-time nickel, It came in at 28 digital with the Explorer, If scanned with the Quattro it would read high as a dime and from testing with my Whites 6000 Di-Pro it reads as a penny/dime signal. The Nickel is a 1945, it doesn't matter what year they are because it's the harsh ground conditions "cold, rain, etc?" which causes a chemical reaction to the war-time nickel to break down the manganese alloy. That's my theory at least
HH, Paul (Ca)